At 19:11 5/30/2000, Marc Perdue wrote:
>feature :^).  This is, for the record, totally unsubstantiated third-party
>hearsay, but there it is.  I was told that I could send the valve to
>Manchester
>Tank and that they would repair it for $25 and get it back to me in 2-3 weeks.
>Doesn't do much for my camping trip this weekend, but at least I have a
>fix . .

Errm...I think you'll find that the *valve* was made by Marshall Brass --
the brass one such as you see here:
http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/Autostop.gif can be rebuilt, the zinc
ones can't.  If it has white corrosion on it it's zinc.

You can buy the one in my picture for an outrageous price :) or you can
have your friendly LP place put in a one and three-quarter-inch Acme fill
valve, manual type, for a lot less.  If you go that route you'll also need
a manual bleed valve.  Cost for the pair, likely less than $50.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"